HS Roundup: Tri-Valley outlasts Philo; WM gets first win

DRESDEN - Matt King and Skye Bryan sparked a strong fourth quarter as host Tri-Valley held off Philo 56-50 in Muskingum Valley League play on Tuesday.

The backcourt tandem combined for 11 fourth-quarter points for the Scotties (7-4, 6-1 MVL), who led 41-30 entering the final stanza.

Keaton Williams carried the load early, scoring 11 of his team-high 15 points in the first half for Tri-Valley, which used an 11-2 run to close the half for a 24-17 lead.

Cody Butler had eight of his team-high 17 points in the fourth for Philo (4-6, 3-4), while Austen Bonifant chipped in 13 with a trio of 3s. Post men A.J. Clayton and Hunter Moore were held to eight points apiece in the loss.

West Muskingum 58, Crooksville 55: Hunter Fox and Jaren Garber combined for 39 points in the Tornadoes (1-9, 1-7) earned their first win of the season in an MVL game at Gary Ankrum Gymnasium.

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Hunter Fox(Photo: Times Recorder file)

West led 43-38 after three quarters before the Ceramics (4-7, 0-7) rallied to tie the game at 51 with 2:49 to play.

West trailed 55-54 with 39 seconds left after Brock White hit a pair of free throws for the Ceramics, but Kyle Reilly scored with 15 seconds to go, giving West the lead. Fox then hit two free throws with :04.8 left to extend the Tornado lead, and Crooksville was unable to get closer.

Fox scored 14 of his game-high 22 points in the second half and Garber added 17 counters. Reilly scored seven of his 13 points in the fourth quarter for West, which led 29-23 at halftime.

White was 10-of-14 at the line during a 21-point effort that included 16 after halftime. Caden Sparks added 10 points, Tyler Rambo nine and Michael Baughman eight.

No reserve information was available.

John Glenn 44, New Lex 30: The Muskies (8-2, 7-0) outscored the hosts 12-3 in the third quarter to break open a tight game in an MVL game at The Jungle.

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Evan Williams(Photo: Times Recorder file)

John Glenn, which was up 17-15 at the half, held a 37-21 rebounding advantage and limited New Lex to 11-of-38 shooting. The Muskies had 19 turnovers.

Evan Williams had a team-high 15 points, including eight in the second half, and pulled down seven rebounds for John Glenn. Josh Raley chipped in nine points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals and Ben Judd added seven points and nine boards for the winners.

Ben Stenson had nine points and Logyn Ratliff six for New Lex, which had 18 turnovers.

John Glenn shot 36 percent (16 of 44) from the field and was 4 of 12 on 3s.

Collin Campbell had 12 points and Steele Paden nine as the John Glenn reserves won 53-10. Carter Metzger's five points led New Lex.

Morgan 53, Maysville 46: Tyler Janes had 16 points and 10 rebounds — his third straight double-double — as the host Raiders (6-5, 4-3) fended off a late Panther surge for a MVL win.

Tyler Janes(Photo: TR file photo)

The Raiders led 21-12 at the half and 39-22 after three. Their lead grew to 42-24 with 6:22 left in the game after a Gabe Aliter bucket.

Maysville (3-8, 2-5) came back with a 16-4 run, as Kyle Lake's putback with 1:33 left capped it to make it 46-40. Kaiden Hartman scored nine straight during that stretch and finished with 19 points in the losing effort.

Josh Wells and Janes made two free throws each to put the Raiders back up 50-40 at 52 seconds and help secure the victory.

Wells finished with 13 points and four assists and Altier 10 points for Morgan, which was 19 of 33 from the field with 18 turnovers.

The Panthers were just 21 of 68 from the floor, including 2 of 20 on 3s.